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March 3, 2015 SHADYSIDE — The exact cause of an explosion that destroyed a Highland Avenue home, killing its owner, is still under investigation this morning, but officials believe propane gas played a role. more »»

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March 3, 2015 SHADYSIDE — The exact cause of an explosion that destroyed a Highland Avenue home, killing its owner, is still under investigation this morning, but officials believe propane gas played a role. more »»

March 3, 2015 WEST LIBERTY — The faculty senate of West Liberty University issued a vote of no confidence Monday in school President Robin Capehart, who is accused of numerous violations of the state Ethics Act. more »»

March 3, 2015 SHADYSIDE — One man was killed Monday as an explosion reduced his Shadyside home to rubble and caused a fire that damaged two nearby houses. Witnesses said the blast at 3933 Highland Ave. more »»

March 3, 2015 Milton Everett Nugent of Wheeling, WV, beloved husband of Joan S. Nugent, died on Thursday, February 26, 2015, at Ohio Valley Medical Center of leukemia. The son of Milton E. and Vera G. more »»

March 3, 2015 A Pennsylvania man is facing a DUI causing death charge following an accident Sunday on Interstate 70 east near the Pennsylvania state line in which a passenger in his truck was ejected and trapped... more »»

March 3, 2015 Ohio County Commissioner Tim McCormick says it wasn’t the county commission’s move to run public buses to The Highlands, and he suggests Benwood officials discuss the matter with him or the Ohio... more »»

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March 3, 2015 With any luck, the old Ormet plant at Hannibal could transition from being the last of the Ohio Valley’s big industrial employers to being the first of a new generation of sites where hundreds of... more »»

March 3, 2015 One issue — doing right by veterans of military service — erases party lines, as far as many members of Congress are concerned. U.S. Sens. Shelley Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. more »»

March 2, 2015 If you are a public school teacher or administrator in West Virginia, there’s an excellent chance you have been told state law requires you to report sexual assaults that occur in school. more »»

February 28, 2015 West Virginians are among the most compassionate people on earth. That’s why a bill to allow use of marijuana by people with certain health conditions was introduced in the Legislature. more »»

March 3, 2015 WHEELING — Things started off great for the Wheeling Nailers in their makeup game with Greenville Road Warriors on Monday at WesBanco Arena after ice problems forced the game to be moved from Sunday... more »»

March 3, 2015 BRIDGEPORT — Notre Dame College’s Martha Nagbe is the 2015 Mountain East Conference Player of the Year, West Virginia Wesleyan’s Mari Stewart is the Freshman of the Year, and Shepherd’s Jenna... more »»

March 3, 2015 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jim Rutherford spent his first nine months on the job as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager reassembling the team around franchise cornerstones Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malki. more »»

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February 26, 2015 Contrary to the horror stories abroad and the general apathy here at home, there is no shortage of chivalry and kindness in the world. Just a few examples from my past few days: 1. more »